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Anup Sinha (born 1983 in England) has been involved in many chess tournaments of significance. His major achievements include being a winner in an International Chess Congress in Hastings at the age of 18. He has then gone on to compete against International and Grand Masters. He marked his entry on the chess scene with victory in the Hastings Congress in September 2002. He studied for his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London and for Masters in Finance from Birkbeck University of London.

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One of his remarkable games was against Jonathan Mestel, who then had 2486 FIDE rating points. Jonathan Mestel was the British Chess Champion in 1976, 1983 and 1988, and the World Chess Solving Championsh in 1997. The game is analysed below:


<p>[Event "Grandmaster Challenge"]
<br>[Site "Imperial Husley 344"]
<br>[Date "2006.02.06"]
<br>[White "Sinha, Anup"]
<br>[Black "Mestel, Jonathan"]
<br>[Result "1-0"]
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<br>1. e4 c5 The Sicilian Defense by Janathan
<br>2. Nf3 d6
<br>3. Nc3 g6
<br>4. d4 exd4 Attacking move by Anup
<br>5. Qxd4 Nf6 Forced defensive move
<br>6. e5 Nc6 Further attack employed
<br>7. Bb5 dxe5 Defensive move is countered
<br>8. Qxd8 ! Kxd8 Forced attack
<br>9. Bxc6 bxc6
<br>10. Nxe5 Ke8
<br>11. 0-0 Bf5
<br>12. Nxc6 Bxc2
<br>13. Bg5 Ne4 Pieces are being developed
<br>14. Nxe4 Bxe4
<br>15. Rac1 Bg7
<br>16. Nxe7! h6 Very important move that lead to the victory
<br>17. Rfe1 f5 The exchange seems profitable
<br>18. Nxg6 Rg8
<br>19. Ne7 Rf8 The rook attacking on the g-file can be dangerous
<br>20. Bh4 Bxb2
<br>21. Rcd1 Kf7
<br>22. f3 Bc2 The e-file will now be open for attack
<br>23. Rd7 Ba4
<br>24. Nc6 ! Kg6
<br>25. Re6 Kh5
<br>26. g3 Rae8
<br>27. Rde7 Bxc6
<br>28. Rxc6 Rxe7
<br>29. Bxe7 Rf7
<br>30. Bc5 a5
<br>31. Be3 Rf6
<br>32. Rc5 a4
<br>33. Ra5? a3 Move wasted
<br>34. g4 Kg6
<br>35. Rxf5 Rxf5
<br>36. gxf5 Kxf5
<br>37. Bxh6 Ke5 Black is unable to win the game now. So white should attack cleverly
<br>38. Kf2 Kd4
<br>39. Ke2 Kc3
<br>40. h4 Kc2
<br>41. h5 Bf6
<br>42. Bf8 Kb2
<br>43. Ke3 Kxa2
<br>44. Ke4 Kb3
<br>45. Bxa3 Kxa3
<br>46. Kf5 Bb2
<br>47. Ke6 Kb4
<br>48. f4 Kc5
<br>49. f5 Resign